Central Connect Airlines leased one Saab 340 (OK-CCD) to Fly Lappeenranta for operating the 5x daily Lappeenranta - Helisnki flights (Mo-Fr) under Job Air licence. The Ostrava based company also added another Saab 340 reg. OK-CCL (ex LY-NSD) to its fleet these days.
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Air Slovakia ceased operation on the Bratislava - Dhaka route (with fuel stop in Amritsar) after only 6 weeks in service. The connected Bratislava - Bologna flights don´t operate any more as well.
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Thomsonfly will leave Prague, dropping their Bournemouth - Prague 3x weekly flights on 28.03.2008.
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Polish holiday airline PrimaCharter has ceased operations on 14th January due to economical problems. The airline, that has been founded in 2007 as a successor of bankrupted Fischer Air Polska, has operated a single Boeing 757-200 (msn 25490/510; SP-FVR) on the routes to Dominican Republic, Brazil and Egypt.
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LOT Polish Airlines have applied a special color scheme to their Embraer 145MP SP-LGO. The aircraft carries several hearts - the logo of a charity action called 'Wielka Orkierstra Swiatecznej Pomocy' which collects money for children requiring special medical treatment every year.
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Flyglobespan will leave Prague, dropping Glasgow - Prague Monday and Friday flights on 31.03.2008.
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Operation of the newly installed and certified lighting of the Vodochody Airport near Prague was opened on 08.01.2008. A stationary lighting of this airport is said to have been in operation in 1987 for the last time. Private equity group Penta, holder of 100 % of the shares of AERO Vodochody (owner of the airport), would like to change its status from a private to a public international airport, mainly focused on low-cost and cha...
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EasyJet Switzerland will drop the Geneva - Prague - Geneva connection, leaving Swiss the only one carrier on this route. The last flight is planned on 29.03.2008.
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Czech Airlines suspended ticket sale for the earlier announced Prague - Munich - Bordeaux flights. The 6 weekly flights were expected start at the beginning of March.
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L-410UVP-E reg. YV2081 (c/n 872015) of Transaven probably crashed into Caribbean near the Venezuelan Los Roques islands today. The plane sent a distress signal and communications were lost. Rescue helicopters and vessels were sent to the probable crash site some ten km from Los Roques. At least eight Italian tourists and one American are feared to be among the 14 passengers and 2 crew on board. The plane initially served as blue "41" in Soviet...
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